The Most Common Medications for Panic Attacks
You are at my blog, reading this article, so I will presume that you or some loved one suffers from a panic disorder, or you are just researching on this topic.
A panic disorder usually manifests itself in the form of a panic attack. An attack commonly lasts for a few minutes to half an hour at most, and the victim usually experiences a feeling of dying or losing control, shortness of breath, nausea, increased heart rate, and a feeling of being trapped and hopelessness (see Sypmtoms of Panic Attack).
A panic disorder can be treated either through medication or through psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is arguably the most effective and the safest treatment option for a panic disorder, but not everyone responds to therapy, and not everyone can afford a therapist
Therefore, more often than not, your treatment course should also include a few medications for panic attacks. These medications can help relax and calm an anxious person and remove the troubling symptoms that usually come with anxiety.
Of the commonly available medications of panic attacks, the preferred one is a drug called Benzodiazepine. This drug is in medicines like Valium, Xanax/Zanex, and Ativan. Other than Benzodiazepine, drugs like Buspirone, Gabapentin, and Beta-blockers are also used in the treatment course, either independently or along with the above mentioned medicines. Needless to say, these medications require a doctor’s prescription. One must be very careful with them as they are very powerful and have strong addictive traits, especially the Benzodiazepine based ones like Valium, Xanax/Zanex. There is a strong tendency in patients to abuse them, and therefore, one must be very careful in their use.
If you have panic attacks only on certain occasions that are few and far in between, you might want to avoid a powerful drug like Benzodiazepine. In such a case, a medicine called Seredyn is a good alternative. Seredyn has made of natural ingredients, therefore it is much harder to abuse than something like Valium. Seredyn helps relax the mind and reduce anxiety, irritability and tension.
Your anxiety medication should depend on the severeity and extent of your illness, as well as your medical history, and will be determined by your doctor. The best advice I could give you would be to take extreme care with the medication as the potential to abuse them is very high. I am personally not fond of psychotherapeutic drugs and will avoid them at what cost; I’d rather choose self help. But I will still admit that they can be very effective in managing a panic disorder, if only in the short term.
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